Page 54 of Rat Race

I’d pay hella cash to see that performance again in 4k

Exhaustion was beginning to weigh on me. Without the sun, it was hard to gauge how much time had passed, but given we'd already made it through the halfway point… I had to guess it'd been at least three hours, if not four.

Either way, my body was beginning to feel the effects of constant spikes of adrenaline. I'd long since used up the quick carbs I'd eaten at breakfast with all the heavy lifting I'd done getting my ass out of stupid situations—and supporting my teammates. Even the protein bar I had wasn’t helping. The physical drain of the maze was obvious on all three of us the moment jogging had turned into walking.

And there was still a lot to go.

The voice inside my head that sounded like Pa kept hissin' at me to leave them, reminding me that they were just holding me back.

You could kill 'em. Two less Runners to compete with. Remember your goal.

But there was no way I could bring myself to do it. I couldn’t imagine hurtin’ Aubrey, much less killin’ her.

A part of me wanted her to look up at me in fear as I chased her down, but that feat should be twinged with excitement for all the different ways I wanted to ravage her.

Notbecause I was going to kill her.

"Which way?" Aubrey asked, looking up at me. Her voice making the fog in my mind clear, if even for just a moment.

A bit of her lipstick was smudged on the side of her mouth, the only evidence of what we had done besides her missing panties.

My hand twitched, the urge to smear it even more too strong.

Fuck. Get a grip, Cam.

To distract myself, I looked down at my tracker. Comments were up in the millions, and my viewership still in the hundreds of thousands. As it fuckin' should be after a show like that.

AMZYFIELDER

Can we get back to the sex?

HIDEN’SLUT

Ditch the add-on and show us more of that pretty little thing’s cunt.

AUTHORBEXDEVEAU

+1

AUTHORJASMINEGARCIA

I wanna see her on her knees for you! I’ll send you a vibrator if you do!

AUTHORBEXDEVEAU

+1000

"We could each take one?" Ella suggested. “Go in a bit and come back to report our findings.”

I opened my mouth to reply, but Aubrey was faster. "Great idea. You take any of them, and Cam and I will take a different one."

"I meant that we'd each take our own door," Ella said, her brows pulling together in confusion.

"I know what you meant," Aubrey answered flatly. "What I meant was that it’s time for you to get lost."

I squeezed her hand, frowning. "Peaches, we talked about this."

"No, you talked, and I pretended to agree to get to the good stuff. Can't you see that she's slowing us down? And this stupid bitch nearly got you killed back in that stupid fucking fountain. I'm so fucking sick of?—"

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